[GeoStL] Re: LaBarque Creek
- From: Laurie Elfrank <lwatermann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:40:41 -0600
The crossing is only about 50 yards down the road. We'll have enough people
there to carry them, for they're not that heavy. No use taking a cart that you
would have to bring back.
I'll drive the truck to the trail and drop off the pallets. From there it's
only about 50 feet.
Laurie's better half
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:10:32 -0800From: pandyandy3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
[GeoStL] Re: LaBarque CreekTo: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'll be there tomorrow morning. Many thanks to John and Laurie for the answer
to the creek crossing. It should be a great but a little cold day, just have
to keep moving to stay warm.
How far is the creek crossing place from the parking? I have a two wheel hand
truck that could help move the pallets down there.
JackLaurie Elfrank <lwatermann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John and I went and checked it out today. We walked the road until we found a
trail toward the creek. We took the trail to the creek, which had only 2 inches
of water in it. We have three wooden pallets that we will bring to use as a
temporary bridge if needed. We will not leave the pallets there, for we will
pick them up when we leave. The site had a map along with other information.
We plotted the map on Google Earth and have an excellent way in with the least
amount of climbing. It looks like we can get to GCMN2W with hardly any climbing
at all. From there we can go to GCMN2T with an elevation of approximately 120
feet. From there, we can walk to GCMN2X along the ridge and drop down to the
cache. From there, we can take the valley back to the parking lot. No more than
2.65 miles round trip. Compared to the other parking lot entrance, this looks
much easier. We will be there, rain, snow, sleet or hail with the pallets. Hope
to see everyone else there tomorrow! -Laurie (Denmother) and John (L Frank)
From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:38:55 -0600 - Sounds like it may be possible to get
to it if you can get across the creek. They have the public use ends signs
further than the creek. I wish I would have know this when I tried. But
there still could be issues crossing the creek and staying on the South side
of the creek until you get to the valley to head up. With this info maybe
someone could go check it out and see if the water is low enough to cross the
creek and follow it to the valley. I would volunteer but I am going on the
caching trip tomorrow. (Quad Cities could get 8 inches of snow tomorrow so I
suspect we will be going to Evansville.) -----Original Message-----
From: Joel Porath [mailto:Joel.Porath@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December
27, 2007 2:23 PM To:
jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ken Drenon Cc: John Vogel Subject: Re: MDC WEB
COMMENT - General Mr. Bensman, In order to access the area, you will need
to go south from the parking lot across the creek, then follow the south side
of the creek upstream until you get to a valley or another location to go up
the hill. You are correct in that there is a small strip of land from the
parking lot south, and although the map might be a little misleading, the
property line is actually the south side of LaBarque Creek, therefore the
actuall creek is in private ownership. We are working on building a trail on
the area this winter, perhaps with a foot bridge across the creek. Once this
trail is complete, access will be made easier. Hope you get a chance soon to
get out to this area again and enjoy it because you are correct, it is a neat
place. If you have further questions, feel free to contact either myself or
the Area Manager, John Vogel, at 636-441-4554. Thanks.
joel Joel W. Porath Wildlife Regional Supervisor Missouri Department of
Conservation St. Louis Regional Office 2360 Highway D St. Charles MO 63304
phone (636) 300-1953 ext. 226 fax (636) 926-9125 joel.porath@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 12/23/2007 11:28 PM >>> Topic: General
LaBarque Creek CA Sounded like a really neat place. I found the parking
lot. The map shows everything south of the road as public property. But
there were signs saying end of public use area on both sides of a 50 foot wide
stip. The strip went up the steep hill/cliff. I was wanting to follow the
LaBarque Creek to the first valley and then head up it. The map shows you can
do this, but the signs said end of public use area. So I gave up. What's the
deal and how to you access the area? Thanks.
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